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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Pål Frenger, Linköping, SE;
Harald Kallin, Sollentuna, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for performing cell reconfiguration in a network node, which is associated with at least two antennas. Each antenna is capable of transmitting a signal covering at least one sector. The method comprises switching () from a first state () wherein a multi-sector cell covering at least two sectors is active, to a second state (), wherein sector cells covering each of the at least two sectors are active in addition to the multi-sector cell. In the second state, the same antennas are utilized for the sector cells as for the multi-sector cell. The method further comprises switching () from the second state to a third state () wherein the multi-sector cell is deactivated and the sector cells are active.